nominal
adj.
relating to or being a name; relating to or being a noun (Grammar); very small; token; in name only, so-called
Nominal
The adjective nominal (ultimately from Latin nōmen, "name") generally relates to the concept of
names, and often to the difference between what something is in name (
ideally or
theoretically) and what it is in reality.A nominal quantity (e.g., length, diameter, speed, volume, voltage, value) is generally the quantity according to which some item has been named or is generally referred to. Such a nominal value may often be different from the actual value, having a relation to the actual value that is anywhere on a spectrum from closely related (for example, differing only within a range of acceptable random variation]) to only distantly related. An example of the former is a type of battery that has an actual voltage of 1.62 V, but is called a "1.5 volt battery"; it has a nominal voltage of 1.5 V (which cannot be measured anywhere). An example of the latter is the nominal size 2×4 for dimensional lumber: its actual size is 1½″ × 3½″ (38×89 mm) (plus or minus some small tolerance).
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nominal
Adjective
1. relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"
(pertainym) name
2. insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a tokenish gesture"
(synonym) token(a), tokenish
(similar) minimal, minimum
3. pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"
(pertainym) noun
(classification) grammar
4. being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or face value"
(antonym) real
(classification) economics, economic science, political economy
5. named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"
(synonym) nominative
(similar) specified
6. being such in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"
(synonym) titular
(similar) formal
nominal
adj.
nominal, relating to or being a name; (Grammar) relating to or being a noun; very small
nominal
adj.
nominal, titular